Military record of Albert Leopold Mills
Subject(s): Campaigns, Military, College teachers, Crow Indians, Cuba--Santiago de Cuba, Dakota Indians, Kansas--Fort Leavenworth, Leadership, Medal of Honor, Military campaigns, Mills, Albert Leopold, 1854-1916, Santiago, Battle of (Cuba : 1898), Santiago, Battle of (Santiago de Cuba, Cuba : 1898), South Carolina Military Academy, Souvenirs (Keepsakes), Spanish-American War (1898), Strategy, Tactics, Union League Club (New York, N.Y.), United States Military Academy
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This document reports the significant moments in Albert Leopold Mills’s military career. Highlights include his extensive career as a military instructor, his involvement in campaigns against the Crow and Sioux, as well as the battles at Santiago and Las Guasimas in Cuba, and his receipt of the Congressional Medal of Honor. Colonel John W. Vrooman reports in a letter to William Loeb, which encloses this document, that this copy represents what was contained within the “beautiful engrossed album containing nineteen parchment pages enclosed in a handsome leather cover.” The album was a souvenir at the Union League Club dinner celebrating General Mills on August 29, 1906.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1906-09-06
Creator(s)
Vrooman, John W. (John Wright), 1844-1929
Language
English
Period
U.S. President – 2nd Term (March 1905-February 1909)
Repository
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Page Count
3
Production Method
Record Type
Multi-image
Resource Type
Rights
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Citation
Cite this Record
Chicago:
Military record of Albert Leopold Mills. [September 6, 1906]. Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o187336. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
MLA:
Vrooman, John W. (John Wright), 1844-1929. Military record of Albert Leopold Mills. [6 Sep. 1906]. Multi-image.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. December 19, 2025. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o187336.
APA:
Vrooman, John W. (John Wright), 1844-1929., [1906, September 6]. Military record of Albert Leopold Mills.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o187336.
Cite this Collection
Chicago:
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/library-of-congress-manuscript-division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
MLA:
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. December 19, 2025. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/library-of-congress-manuscript-division.
APA:
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/library-of-congress-manuscript-division.
